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W; S. TEEL. GOMBINBD SASH AND BBLT.

Patented Aug. 26, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

W'ILLIAM S. TEEJ, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT COLUMBIA.

COMBINED SASH AND BELT.,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435357, date& August26, 1890.

Application filed June 13,

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. TEL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Belts, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a sash-belt or combined sashand belt which will not only present the usual ornamental dressappearance, but will also serve the useful purpose of supporting thetrousers.

My object is also to provide such a combination of sash and belt as willpermit the independent adjustment of the sash under all circumstances,such adj ustment being especially desirable when the belt is tightenedto support the trousers, so that the sash will neither be drawn upon andcaused to assume a rolled or stringy appearance nor be'caused to bulge.

A further object is to permit the easy detachment and replacementof thesash andbelt.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of thesash-belt. Fig. 2 is an edge sectional View Fig. 3, a detail of theclasp at the end of the belt, Fig. 4: illustrates the method of formingthe sash-belt by threadin g the end of the sash through the clasp. Fig.5 is a detail view of amodified mannerof attaching the belt to itsclasp.

In the drawings, A is the belt having the hooks and eyes l 2, andadjustable in the ordinary manner at 3. The two parts of the clasp -areshown at B O, the former having a hook and the latter a slot adapted toreceive the same. The ends of the belt have the parts of the claspthereon, said ends being passed through elongated slots in the grips bc, which are pivoted in ears 4 of the clasp-plates. The tension on thebelt pulls upon the pivoted grips and keeps them in the position shown'in Figs. 1 and 2, with their gripping-edges against or near the innersurface of the clasp vplates. The sash-belt is completed by passing theends of the sash between the pivoted grips and the clasp-plates, and, asshown in Fig. 2, the said sash will be held by the grips engagingtherewith. It will be seen that the entire middle portions of the sashand belt between the clasps are completely free from each other, andwhen the belt is adjusted the 1890. Soria1Nt.355,286 (Nomodeh) effectedto sustain the trousers without draw- I ing the sash into a string ormaking it bulge. In combining the sash with the belt difficulty has beenexperienced in inserting the sash ends through the parts of the clasp byreason of the softness and width of the material and the fringe upon'the end thereof, and in order to overcome this difficulty I fold the endof the sash to make a substantially pointed end, and this is thensheathed by a threading sheath D, having a pointed end and being ofsuflicient width to pass easily through the clasp between the grip andthe plate. The sheath is made, preferably, of flexible material and isthreaded partially through the clasp first. Then the rear part of thesheath is opened by separating the folds 5 6, and the folded end of thesash is placed within the same, and the folds 5 and 6 returned tocompletely inclose the sash ends. The clasp is then simply slid alongthe sheath onto the sash end and the sheath drawn off. By this means thesash can be readily placed, and it will be obvious that the sash may beremoved by simply drawing it through the clasp. Instead of attaching thebelt to the clasp by passing its ends through slots in the grips, the

said grips may be formed with loops, as in 4 Fig. 5, to which the beltends are attached.

It will be noticed that the belt is made in two parts A' A connected bythe hooks and eyes l 2, and by reason of this the usefulness of theinvention is increased, for should it be desired to use the sash-beltupon trousers provided with belt loops, as with tennis-pants, it can bereadily done by separating the parts at the hook and slipping themthrough the loops without detaching the sash from the belt, the parts A'and A being hooked together again and properly adjusted after passingthrough the loops.

I claim l. A combined sash and belt consisting of a belt, a two partclasp, each part having a grip, the ends of the belt being Secured tothe grips of the clasp, and a sash having its free ends held adj ustablyby the grips, substan= tially as described.

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In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. TEEL.

witnesses: HENRY E. CQOPER, F. L. MIDDLETON.

